Chateau Clos Puy Arnaud 2025

Jane Anson: The inky glass staining colour is immediately apparent here, and this holds the fingerprint of limestone lightly, very much a juicy, slate-strewn, tiptoe through the palate kind of wine, with joy and lift, great stuff that is just joyful. Will take a few years to fully soften, but there is so much reserved energy waiting to be released. Highly floral violet and peony, rose stem. This is one to look out for, a buy for me. Malbec and very high Cabernet Franc, clear austerity at this early moment but will be worth the wait for limestone junkies. Harvest September 1/3 in barrels of which 10% is new. 3.30 pH. Thierry Valette, former co-owner of Château Pavie, Nicolas Legrand winemaker."

Falstaff: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zartes Erdbeerkonfit, reife Zwetschken, einladendes florales Bukett, zart nach Orangenzesten. Saftig, rote Kirschen, frische Struktur, wirkt leichtfüßig und frisch, salzig-zitronig im Abgang, bereits zugänglich."